Carl Krebs leads the design of many of the firm’s projects with a portfolio consisting of civic, cultural, and academic projects. Whether new buildings, renovations or additions, he creates places that connect people to the cultural context and history that are bound into sites and physical settings. The award-winning work that results from his designs is widely recognized by his peers and influential in advancing the practice of architecture.

Much of his work responds to the unique challenges of working in New York City; on densely occupied sites, in sensitive and historic neighborhoods, and involving beloved landmark structures. A significant aspect of this work has been the engagement and involvement of broad constituencies; including public agencies, elected officials and civic groups as well representatives of communities and advocates for preservation. Though passionately committed to preservation, he also understands the challenges of modern programs and technologies, and works creatively and collaboratively to reimagine and re-use structures to support his client’s mission.

This work ranges from some of the largest projects in Manhattan, such as the ten year redevelopment of the 9/11 Memorial Museum and Memorial plaza, to a widely acclaimed jewel-box conversion of an exterior loggia at The Frick Collection into its first new gallery in over forty years. At the 9/11 Memorial Museum, set within the preserved foundations of the twin towers seventy feet below grade, his design draws on the immense power the in-situ artifacts to empower an intensely personal re-connection to the site, and to one’s memories of the events and its aftermath. At the Portico Gallery at The Frick Collection, he enclosed an inaccessible loggia on Fifth Avenue, yet which retains the original character of an outdoor room, for use as a museum-quality space for the display of sculpture and decorative arts.